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The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy
Lester R. Brown, with Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams

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BRIEF OVERVIEW The Great Transition

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The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy lays out the rapidly evolving global shift toward cleaner sources of energy, driven by economics, policy, and the hard realities of accelerating climate change. Lester R. Brown and co-authors Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams, stress that the shift taking place now represents a lasting change in the way we power the world economy.

“The worldwide transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way,” says Brown, EPI President and lead author. “As fossil fuel resources shrink, as air pollution worsens, and as concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, oil, and natural gas, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy, fueled largely by coal and oil, is being replaced with one powered by solar and wind energy.”

The Great Transition details this trend, focusing on falling prices and rising adoption for wind, solar, electric vehicles, geothermal energy, and energy efficiency; and the emerging turn from coal, nuclear power, oil, and traditional transportation that is happening faster than anticipated.

 

Summary Presentation for The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy

 
 

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